USG4

Question 1

Protections against government abusing our rights

Answer 1

Civil liberties

Question 2

Positive acts of government that seek to make constitutional guarantees a reality for ALL people

Answer 2

Civil right

Question 3

Making a conscious choice to participate in activities related to governing, politics & public good

Answer 3

Civic responsibility women fought decades to gain the right to vote know as suffrage

Question 4

How people exercise their power in the US

Answer 4

Voting

Question 5

People who have no particular political part affliction

Answer 5

Independent

Question 6

Voting for candidates from different political parties in an election

Answer 6

Spilt- ticket voting

Question 7

Average voters

Answer 7

Grassroot

Question 8

Difference in voting habits of men & women

Answer 8

Gender gap

Question 9

Way to vote if you know that are going to be out of town on Election Day

Answer 9

Absentee voting

Question 10

Supreme Court decision that established the policy of separate but equal

Answer 10

Plessy v Ferguson

Question 11

Supreme Court decision

Answer 11

Over turned Plessy v Ferguson; establishes the principle that separate but equal had no place in education- Brown v Board of Education

Question 12

Credited with creating the political party symbols he drew in a political cartoon

Answer 12

Thomas nast

Question 13

2 main political parties in the United States and symbols of each

Answer 13

Democratic Party and Republican Party

Question 14

Symbols of the
Democratic-
Republican-

Answer 14

• donkey

- elephant

Question 15

Maintaining traditional political views

Answer 15

Conservative

Question 16

Having non traditional political views that are open to change

Answer 16

Liberal

Question 17

Non violent leader of the civil right movement

Answer 17

Martin Luther king Jr.

Question 18

Laws in the South that allowed segregation of whites & African Americans

Answer 18

Jim Crow laws

Question 19

Blacks were allowed to attend wife schools on a voluntary basis

Answer 19

Integration

Question 20

Because of federal mandate, black & white schools were unified

Answer 20

Desegregation

Question 21

Separation of one group from another

Answer 21

Segregation

Question 22

People have who have no particular party affiliations

Answer 22

Independent

Question 23

Voting for candidates from different political parties in an election

Answer 23

Split ticket voting

Question 24

False and malicious use of printed words

Answer 24

Libel

Question 25

False and malicious use of spoken words

Answer 25

Slander

Question 26

Federal law that outlawed discrimination

Answer 26

Civil rights act of 1964

Question 27

And set aside by the government for use by Native American

Answer 27

Reservations

Question 28

Responsible for bringing criminals to justice is the role of the

Answer 28

District attorney

Question 29

Chief law enforcement officer in a county

Answer 29

Sheriff

Question 30

Little girl who was 1st student to integrate a white school in New Orleans

Answer 30

Ruby Bridges

Question 31

How Clarence Earl Gideon changed the justice system

Answer 31

Everyone is now entitled to an attorney

Question 32

Difference in integration in ruby bridges and desegregation at TC Williams in remembering the titans

Answer 32

Integration was voluntary; desegregation was mandatory or mandated by the federal government of the United States

Question 33

2 main things Ms. Ingram wants you to gain from taking government

Answer 33

1. ) to appreciate the sacrifices made for us

2. ) to be an active, voting citizen/ member of society